Tom Young (American football)

Tom Young
Biographical details
Born	June 8, 1907
Died	March 12, 1973 (aged 65); Winston-Salem, North Carolina
Playing career
Football
1926–1927	North Carolina
Baseball
1925–1928	North Carolina
Position(s)	Halfback (football)
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
Football
?	Lexington HS (NC)
1943	North Carolina
1946–1955	Western Carolina
Administrative career (AD unless noted)
1946–1969	Western Carolina
Head coaching record
Overall	44–59–4
Bowls	0–1
Accomplishments and honors
Championships
	1 North State (1949)

Thomas Bayard "Tom" Young, Jr. (June 8, 1907 – March 12, 1973) was an American football and baseball player, coach, and college athletics administrator. He served as the head football coach at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1943 and at Western Carolina University from 1946 to 1955, compiling a career college football record of 44–59–4. Young was also the athletic director at Western Carolina from 1946 until his retirement in 1969.

Young was a native of Monroe, North Carolina.^[1] He played college football at North Carolina in 1926 and 1927, where he was an all-Southern Conference halfback. Young died at the age of 65 on March 12, 1973 at Baptist Hospital in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.^[2]

Head coaching record


Year	Team	Overall	Conference	Standing	Bowl/playoffs
North Carolina Tar Heels (Southern Conference) (1943)
1943	North Carolina	6–3	2–2	T–5th
North Carolina:		6–3	2–2
Western Carolina Catamounts (North State Conference) (1946–1955)
1946	Western Carolina	6–3–1
1947	Western Carolina	3–5–1
1948	Western Carolina	7–3
1949	Western Carolina	8–3			L Smoky Mountain
1950	Western Carolina	3–6
1951	Western Carolina	3–6
1952	Western Carolina	2–8
1953	Western Carolina	1–9
1954	Western Carolina	4–5–1
1955	Western Carolina	1–8–1
Western Carolina:		38–56–4
Total:		44–59–4
National championship Conference title Conference division title or championship game berth
^†Indicates Bowl Coalition, Bowl Alliance, BCS, or CFP / New Years' Six bowl.

^ Allison, John O., ed. (1928). Yackety Yack 1928. Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Publication Union of the University of North Carolina. p. 111. Retrieved November 16, 2011.
^ UPI (March 14, 1973). "Funeral of Young today". Star-News. Retrieved November 16, 2011.